LifeMade - Associate, Warehouse

Primary Functions

• Examine shipment contents and compare with records such as manifests, invoices, or orders to verify accuracy.
• Performs visual quality inspection of product before shipping.
• Ensure accuracy of documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with necessary representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.
• Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping or postage meter.
• Deliver or route materials to designated location or departments by hand or powered industrial vehicles, as necessary.
• Load or unload tractor trailers using powered industrial vehicles, as necessary.
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
• Aids in inventory and cycle counts, ensuring accurate tracking of finished goods, raw materials and any other items stored onsite.
• Maintain professional communication with logistics and transportation departments to ensure timely updates regarding shipping and receiving activities.
• Observes plant safety rules. Helps to identify and eliminate any safety hazard or concern.
• Aids in conducting operations, i.e. staging of raw materials, etc. to meet established standards for use of materials, supplies and equipment.
• Follows instructions in the most efficient use of tools, machines and materials.
• Maintain a neat and orderly working area and assists other departments in the cleanliness and organization of working areas when projects overlap other department areas.
• Responsible for reporting any problems or concerns to their direct Supervisor.
• To maintain good working relations with all other employees.
• Strives to have no conflicts with other department employees.
• Encouraged to bring any ideas to light for possible usage in factory functions.

Physical Requirements

• Requires up to 12 hours of standing/walking daily; including some overtime and weekends.
• Requires up to 12 hours of sit daily.
• Must be able to individually lift 45-50 lbs. and team lift upwards of 70-80 lbs.
• Must be able to individually push/pull 50 lbs. and push/pull upwards of 70-80 lbs.
• Must be able to climb, bend/stoop/twist, crouch/squat, reach above and below shoulders.
• Requires repetitive use of arm, wrist, and hand.
• Must be able to work near/with machinery and hand tools.
• Moderate/heavy exposure to heat and excessive noise.
• Ability to wear required PPE including hearing protection, safety glasses and steel/composite toe shoes.
• Anthropometric requirements: Height, Weight, Vision, Hearing.